A protective order case filed in Maryland in 2020 against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the alleged MS-13 member currently being detained in El Salvador, offers further insight into his history of violence. A document reviewed by Fox News Digital, the criminal and illegal alien that some Democrats are fiercely defending after he was deported to a prison in El Salvador due to a clerical error, unearths more information on his dangerous past.
Abrego Garcia, 29, a Salvadoran national living illegally in Maryland before being deported early is now being held in El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT).
Federal authorities have pointed to significant evidence suggesting he is affiliated with the notorious MS-13 gang, and the newly reviewed court filing intensifies these claims, outlining accusations from his wife that he subjected her to both verbal and physical abuse. He also mentally harmed her children. The protective order request, submitted by Jennifer Vasquez Sura, includes checked boxes indicating multiple types of abuse, such as kicking, slapping, shoving, child mental injury, and unlawful detention.
On August 11, 2020, Vasquez Sura requested to withdraw the petition, explaining her family’s wish to celebrate their son’s birthday with Abrego Garcia. She noted that Abrego Garcia had “also agreed to continue counseling and if not [he’s] willing to sign divorce papers.”
Fox News reports the original filing listed their son and Abrego Garcia’s stepchildren as individuals needing protection. In one incident described in the petition, Vasquez Sura stated that on August 3, 2020, Abrego Garcia took her phone at 1:00 a.m. and later attempted to take her car. When she refused, an argument ensued. As she prepared food for her children upstairs, she claimed he turned off the stove in anger.
Another troubling statement in the form alleged that Abrego Garcia made a chilling remark to her ex-mother-in-law, captured in a recording: he “told [her] ex-mother-in-law that even if he kills me no one can do anything to him.”
The document further details earlier alleged acts of violence, including an incident in November 2019 when he reportedly pulled her hair inside a car. The following month, he allegedly dragged her out of the vehicle by her hair and left her on the street. She also reported that he damaged property, including breaking a tablet, phone, TV, and doors, and pushed her against a wall.
Prior to these recent findings, it was reported that domestic violence allegations were filed in court in 2021 by Vasquez Sura, which were ultimately dismissed when she failed to appear in court.
In that filing, handwritten by Vasquez Sura, she stated: “At this point, I am afraid to be close to him. I have multiple photos/videos of how violent he can be and all the bruises he [has] left me.” She accused Abrego Garcia of punching and scratching her eye, leaving her bleeding, and breaking her laptop. In another episode, she alleged he became enraged, tore her clothing, and left bruises on her arm.
Democrats on Capitol hill have been defending Abrego Garcia even though in October 2019 he was arrested in Hyattsville, Maryland. At the time, the Prince George’s County Police Gang Unit identified him as a member of MS-13, according to police and court records obtained by Fox News Digital.
A federal immigration court in Baltimore concluded that Abrego Garcia was not eligible for release, stating he “failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that his release from custody would not pose a danger to others, as the evidence shows that he is a verified member of MS-13.”
The court emphasized that “the fact that a ‘past, proven, and reliable source of information’ verified the Respondent’s gang membership, rank, and gang name is sufficient to support that the Respondent is a gang member,” further noting that Abrego Garcia “failed to present evidence to rebut that assertion.”
Abrego Garcia was also previously stopped in Tennessee while driving a vehicle owned by Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes, another undocumented immigrant who later admitted to human smuggling in 2020. During the traffic stop, a trooper observed eight passengers in the vehicle. Abrego Garcia told authorities he had been driving from Houston to Maryland via St. Louis to “perform construction work.” The report mentioned suspicions of human trafficking, as none of the passengers had luggage and all listed Abrego Garcia’s home address.
The trooper also noted that Abrego Garcia “pretended to speak less English than he was capable of and attempted to put encountering officer off-track by responding to questions with questions.” Ultimately, the officer issued a warning for driving with an expired license rather than a citation.
The vehicle, a black 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, was identified by DHS as belonging to Hernandez Reyes. DHS records confirmed Hernandez Reyes later pleaded guilty to human smuggling after being found transporting individuals from Mexico, El Salvador, and Honduras.
According to another DHS-sourced document, the Baltimore Homeland Security Investigations field office had flagged the same Suburban as connected to a human trafficking operation. Officials wrote that the “vehicle is used by HSI Baltimore target in human smuggling/trafficking operation. Vehicle makes trips to southern border to pick up non-citizens.”
